[SOLVED] Fallout 3 randomly freezing

This is a discussion on [SOLVED] Fallout 3 randomly freezing within the PC Gaming Support forums, part of the Tech Support Forum category. So this problem has plagued since I got the game which was a week ago. It will just randomly freeze

So this problem has plagued since I got the game which was a week ago. It will just randomly freeze at odd points in the game. sometimes its when I'm about the fire at a enemy. other times its in vats. sometimes its just when I'm turning around. So basically it happens randomly. I have uploaded a Dxdiag. Also sometimes its after a few minutes playing the game and other times it doesn't happen at all. sounds like a memory leak but I'm hoping someone may know a fix if its on bethesda's end which is what I'm guessing I can deal with it.

I've tried the audio exclusion on the ffdshow. I've also forced V-sync to be off since that seemed to (possibly) be causing problems. I've also updated the game to the latest patch. I have also dropped my antiaisling in the game to 2x I think it is. I also have turned off my EAX on my sound card since that could have been a problem as well. I've also looked at all the other posts for fallout 3 on here but none of them seemed to fit my issue quite right. Thanks for any suggestions on how to fix this issue.

Just to clarify. I just need to start up the MaximizeWindow program and then start up Fallout 3 and MaximizeWindow should take care of the windowing? or do I need to do something else to allow for Maximizewindow to take effect. I only ask because I can't tell the difference except there are two windows up before Fallout 3 pops on instead of 1. If MaximizeWindow has done its duty then that's good but if not I would like to know. Thanks for the help.

Thanks I was wondering if it needed to be in windowed mode for it to work, seems logical that it would need to be. I will test it out and list that the thread has been solved if I don't get any freezes. Thanks again for the clarification.

Well I haven't had a freeze yet I think it is safe to assume that my problem is solved, especially since I'm running the game at the highest settings. Thanks for the help I will list this thread as solved.